by Outcast_Searcher » Sat 04 Apr 2015, 23:22:47
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR11', '
')The Matrix is good. With the matrix, you need only a small apartment, a comfortable chair, a VR neuronet headset, 2000kcal of fortified corn syrup, and a sleeping mat to go anywhere, do anything, and interact with anyone.
An excellent point.
In John Scalzi's recent Novel, "Lock In" (plus the prequel novella and surrounding discussion) you get the same concept from a different direction. Robots that could be directed from someone's brain to be their body. One interesting concept was that some of these people preferred to just use a virtual reality matrix that evolved as a side effect of the robotics software.
Either way, if you were a dying or just old and sickly, and could choose between constant suffering and putting a burden on loved ones and friends, or living a pain-free active life in another reality -- it's not hard to guess which would have FAR higher demand.
Technology might point this way, as long as the resources to support it hold out.
Given the track record of the perma-doomer blogs, I wouldn't bet a fast crash doomer's money on their predictions.